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Organic Chemicals > Lactones > Polyketides > Macrolides
Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Polyketides > Macrolides

Preferred term

Macrolides  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Macrolide

Scope note

  • A group of often glycosylated macrocyclic compounds formed by chain extension of multiple PROPIONATES cyclized into a large (typically 12, 14, or 16)-membered lactone. Macrolides belong to the POLYKETIDES class of natural products, and many members exhibit ANTIBIOTIC properties.

History note

  • 96

In other languages

  • makrolidit

    Finnish

  • makrolidi
  • makrolidiantibiootit
  • makrolidiantibiootti
  • makrolidimikrobilääke
  • makrolidimikrobilääkkeet
  • Makrolider

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018942

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